Fifty walks with death

Chapter 2

Red Envelope

It's 8 in the morning and I just finished cleaning up the mess from the party yesterday. I'm still speechless on what happened yesterday night, and it is the worst nightmare I ever had. I accidentally showed my power yesterday because I didn't control myself. Some of them believe that I have the telekinetic power, but some of them said it's all just a coincidence. But I know, even the people don't believe on what they saw, the people who wanted me will believe. And that's the thing I'm afraid of.

There was a letter inside of a folder when I woke up in the hospital 3 years ago when the doctor gave me the files and information that I needed. It was written in the paper that if I discover some weirdness in my body, I should keep it by myself and not going to show it to others, because there are people out there who are finding me and hunting me, at first I didn't believe it because I didn't discover anything about myself, but when I discovered the thing that they are saying, I call for help, I call my friends, and they told me not to show it to anyone, that it will remain as a secret. If those people find me, I don't know what they're going to do.

I walk out from my bedroom and walk towards the mirror. I stand in front of the mirror and look to myself. This innocent face doesn't look like that he is hiding the deepest and darkest secret. I was wondering if I am the only person who has this power, because if I'm not the only one, then why I am the only person who they're chasing? Except if they know my parents, and they know about me, or if they are the people who lived in a town same as mine.

I focus to myself, trying to use my telekinetic power to the mirror. I look to my face, to the mirror where it reflects myself. I try harder, I look harder but it's useless.

I can't.

I can't use my power if I'm not mad, if I'm not angry to someone or to myself. Why I am doing this anyway? What is the point?

How did I get this power anyway? Am I born with it? Or maybe I get this because of my coma! What is the lie beneath the answer? What is the truth behind the bars? Who I am? I need to know about myself, I need to know everything and why I was coma for 3 years? The doctors didn't say much about why I'm at the hospital. What's life I've been living? What is my story? What is the god darn truth?!

*Glass Break*

I stop thinking when I heard a glass being shattered. I slowly look up to the mirror and finding out that my mirror is now broken into pieces, shattered.

I take a deep breath and went to my phone to call my friends. If I want to know about myself in the past. I need to sacrifice one thing. I need to break one rule that my uncle gave to me.

"What?!" The three of them said in synchronize. "This is the only way for me to know the truth." I explain my side. "Are you thinking right Jack? If you exposed your secret, do you know what can be your consequences?" Justin said in a high tone but in a low voice. "I know. It's hard, but sacrifice is the answer. "Trust me on this guys. I just need you guys to support me." I said. I know this is crazy, but if I reveal my secret in public. I'm going to know why those people wanted me. Who are them and why I have this power. Why do they want me if they don't know anything about me. "If you're gonna end up dead. We will pray for your soul." Maxine said and eat the cherry from her milkshake.

I'm not gonna end up dead, I swear.

After telling my plan to my friends we split up. The three of them go to the mall while me, I stayed. It's awkward because some costumers here are looking at me. I mean, yeah I'm used to it but this time it's different. I know, because I can sense. "Hey." Someone said and put his hand in the table where I was. I look up and didn't expect to see Charles. I look at him in a curious face. "Can I sit here?" He asked and point out the sofa in front of me. "Of course." And then he sat. He looked at me like there is something in my face. "What's up?" This is the most awkward moment I ever have. I mean we never talk, if we talk we just talked about our homeworks and the longest talk we ever had is when I join a charity inside our town for the orphans and he was there.

Charles has a black hair with a shade of brown. He is white, same as me and he has a dark brown eyes and he is attractive. His body was build up, but not that muscular, same body to the other teenage boys who has a slim body out there who always work out to have abs and muscle.

He smiled to me and I don't know why. "Charles Wilson?" Someone called his name, the girl at the counter. He get his strawberry drink. "You like strawberry too?" I said in a shock. "I don't like it, because i love it." He said and we both laugh. I mean I am shock because no one likes strawberry flavor, specially in boys. They said that strawberry is not a good sour flavor. How they described strawberry flavor is wrong, that's why no one likes it. It's has a sweet sour flavor. And it's really up in the appetite. "See? You look good when you smile." He said. "I always smile Charles, you just didn't see because we don't talk." I answered him and drink my strawberry milkshake. "But now we talk." He said and sip the straw in his strawberry shake.

I don't know what he want right now, why he sat and shared a sofa with me. "What do you want?" I ask him politely. He stop drinking his strawberry shake and look at me. He took a deep breath, but before he say something I talk first. "If you want to ask about yesterday, I'm not interested. I'm sorry." I said. "I'm not going to ask you about your 'telekinesis' power. Well if you'd ask me about that? I don't care if you have telekinetic mind or whatever it called, I mean it's cool having that power but it's dangerous. There are People out there who can be dangerous, specially the scientist because they will test you as their lab rat an--" He stops talking when I stop him.

Lab rat? What was that?

"A lab rat? What was that?" I asked. After a few seconds he laugh. What is the funny thing about what I ask? "Seriously? You don't know what a lab rat is? Are you born yesterday?" He said while laughing. 

"s**t I need water." He said and cough. He holds his neck like he is.... Choking? "What the hell happen to you?" I ask in a shock tone. He still continued coughing. So I stand up and stand behind him. "For god’ sake I need wat--" He didn't finish his sentence when he coughs again. "For god’ sake too Charles, you were choke in a liquid and you want to drink a water?! Are you insane?" I said. I beat his back so whatever causing him to choke, his going to spit it out. And yeah, he spit a god darn strawberry shake from his mouth. He's still coughing so I decided to give him a water. That's a karma, he is laughing to me because I don't know what a lab rat is, now look, he got choke by his own drink. "Thanks Jack." He said after drinking water. It caught the attention of the costumers, and they were just looking at us. "I'm not going to laugh now." He said but he still laugh. His now a bit reddish, well its normal because his white, well I'm a white person too but I didn't get reddish that easily.

"Lab rat is like a test subject from an experiment." He finally answered my question. That was a lab rat? Like from the movie A Rat Mind? Where that little girl has a power to control things with her mind like me, but I'm real and hers is just a movie. She didn't know that her father was a scientist, and he is planning to make her daughter as a weapon for his enemies. That movie is a heartbreaking movie I ever seen because at the end the girl decided to kill her father because she thought that her father is the real enemy, but he is just protecting her child from the people who wanted her. And the girl ended up dead, because the real enemy killed her. "Like the movie A Rat Mind." Charles added. "Yeah that was I'm thinking about." I said. He took a deep breath and look at me again. " To be honest, the reason why I'm here is first to be friends with you and about this." He said.

He pulled out a red envelope from his pocket and showed it to me. "What's that?" I ask. "You haven't receive it yet?" He asks. I remember the red envelope that Max gave to me yesterday at the party. "I mean, I received it, but I didn't check it." I answer. "Why? What's the matter? What's inside the envelope?" I continue. "An invitation card about joining a game called 'Blue Whale'. It was written here that if we received this envelope. We don't have a choice but to join." He said. "And why are you telling this to me." I ask. "Because you are  one of my rivals. Your name is written here."

What?!

*Glass break*

We are all shock when all of our drinking glass got break into pieces. My strawberry shake is spreading on the table, even Charles drink, I mean every drink of the costumers here in the diner is leaking and spreading on the table.

There are some stains in our clothes and face from the strawberry shake when it splattered when the glass break. I stand up. "I'm sorry Charles. I need to go. See you at school." I said. I walk out from Hygee, a diner here in Friday Harbor, and went home.

I go upstairs and look for my pants that I wear yesterday from the party when I got home. I'm sure the envelope is still there. When I found it, I look at the pockets. I pull out the red envelope from the pocket. I open it and a card showed up. I open the card and read the letter that was written on it.

To: Jack Brenner

From: BW Company

Good Day Mr. Brenner,

              We, the BW Company is inviting you to join our private game called Blue whale. You have 50 tasks to do and finish. I know you are wondering what is the price if you win. The Price is very interesting, your questions from your mind will be answered. Your past will be revealed. The game will start if your 99 rivals will be completed. You need find the door to enter our world.

            Clue:

                  "You made a plan, but you didn't do because they're advance to get you. In a big place, you are alone, surrounded by a big white wall. There are things inside that you see, the door is in front of you, you just need to look inside a moving picture and it has a motions too, see, the door is now open, and we all welcome once you are free."

That's the letter inside.

And there are names of 100 people at the back. Saying that it's all the players in the game. And what's the clue mean? Is this all about me? And is the game really exist? Then why is it  Private?

I look to my phone when it rang. I saw Maxine's name in my phone's screen. "Jack, meet me at the park. It's urgent!!" She said and hang up.

What is going on?

I went to the garage, and ride my car. "Hey Maxine, I'm near at the park and it's look like crowded." I sent a voice message to Maxine. I stop the car when there are police at the park.

What the hell is going on here?

I park my car and go out. I run towards the crowded people, and they all make a way for me. What is happening here?  "Maxine!!" I called her name when I saw her.

There are a lot of people in the park. There are police car and police everywhere. I was shock when someone holds my hands and cuff me. "Hey!! What is going on here?" I said in a loud voice. "We need you to come with us." The police officer said. "Why? What did I do? Can you let me go?!" I said and I tried to release myself from them.

The people are talking about what is happening. Some of them saying that I'm a son of the devil but some of them said that it's just a coincidence.  Now I know what they are talking about. It's all about yesterday, about my telekinesis, the news spread all over the town. "I'm not a bad person! Let me go!! Just let me go!!" I scream. The lights from the park and the car are start flickering. The air whispered like there's some storm coming.

"Stop fighting kid! This is what happened before your uncle died!!" The police officer said. What? My uncle? I thought he died because of the explosion?  What is going on? What is real and what is fake? I'm confuse! I am confuse!!

"What are you saying ? My uncle died in an accident! He didn't die because of your stupid s**t! And  I'm not a bad person and I'm not going with you, just let me go!" I said and fight back. I step on the policemans shoes that make him let go of me, he pulled my arm but I'm not thinking right today, so I push him back and run towards Maxine. "Jack!!" Maxine called my name and ran towards me.

On that moment, everything goes slowmo. My head feels sucks. Something is not right. I look to my arm and found a syringe on it. I pull out the syringe from my skin.  "What the hell?" I said in a low voice. I kneel down and scream because seconds by seconds my head is hurting. After a second I saw everyone's laying down on the ground and the cars are in upside down.

What have I done? What did I do?

 Until, it just went all black.

-chapter two end